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Posted January 10, 2013 06:02 pm - Updated January 10, 2013 06:06 pm

Jackson Blotter

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents:

DISPUTE: On Jan. 7, Deputy Raymond Gailey was dispatched to a home in Nicholson, where a 21-year-old woman reported that she had an argument with her husband and he put her out of the car in the parking lot of Kroger in Jefferson. The deputy was unable to speak to the husband, who had not returned to their home.

PROWLERS: On Jan. 8, Deputy Rodger Boswell was dispatched to a home on Pinetree Circle, Maysville, where a man and woman said they heard a noise outside their home and upon checking they saw two men running down the road. They went outside and found the gas cap removed from a vehicle, but the gasoline was not taken.

DAMAGE: On Jan. 5, a 50-year-old Gainesville resident said he parked his vehicle behind building 3 at the J&J Flea Market on U.S. Highway 441. While there, someone knocked out his windshield.

DOG TAKEN: On Dec. 31, two residents of Braselton reported that their pit bulldog went missing and they later learned from another man that the dog was taken to a man’s home on Gillsville Highway. They went to the home and located the dog, which they retrieved. They believe the dog was taken to trade for illegal drugs. The deputy interviewed the suspect and he denied taking the dog.

TRAIN MISHAP: On Jan. 5, Deputy Major Patterson was dispatched to Old Maysville Road, Commerce, where a 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue collided with a Norfolk Southern train. The car driver, a 35-year-old Hartwell man, was transported to Athens Regional Medical Center for treatment.

MAN BEATEN: On Jan. 6, Deputy Steven Thomas was dispatched to Athens Regional Medical Center to meet with a 32-year-old Dewy Rose man being treated for injuries inflicted during an attack.

The man said that at about 5 p.m. he was at a trailer on Short Cut Road in Nicholson helping pick up some items for a friend involved in a family dispute. A fight broke out and one of the family members attacked him as well. He said a group of men held him down and someone began beating his legs with a metal instrument that caused him to pass out.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON: On Jan. 4, Deputy Tim Burke was dispatched to Diamond Hill Church Road, Maysville, where a suspicious man, possibly with a gun, was seen.

Burke arrived and confronted the 46-year-old Carlton man and found him carrying two hunting knives, but no guns. The man said he had been staying at a house in the area for the past month, but that the house had caught fire and he was trying to retrieve some possessions. The Madison County man was told to leave the property.

DOG PROBLEM: On Jan. 3, Deputy Aric Hamilton was dispatched to Sosbee Road, Talmo, where a woman said she went into her yard and was approached by a pit bulldog that growled at her. The deputy contacted the owner of the dog, who said she let the dog out.

MONEY GONE: On Dec. 22, a 57-year-old Jefferson River Road man reported he was recently served with divorce papers. The man said his wife left him last month and he has found where she removed more than $20,000 from the checking and savings accounts they had.

FRAUD: On Jan. 3, a Bogart man reported he was trying to sell a dog through a newspaper advertisement and a man called about the dog. He said they agreed on a price of $2,500.

He said the buyer sent him a check drawn on a Canadian bank, so he went to his own bank to have the check examined. The check was determined bogus. Then last night the buyer called him saying he was coming to get the dog.

The Bogart man said he confronted the caller, telling him he knew this was scam. The unknown man then made a threat. As they argued, the man hung up.

TRESPASSING: On Dec. 31, Deputy Steven Thomas met with a resident of Barnett Road, Jefferson, who said he and his family had returned home from a trip out of state. Before they left, the man said he set up and activated a game camera in the living room of his home.

Upon returning, he checked the camera and it had photographed a man in his home, which appeared to be his landlord. The man said he couldn’t find anything missing.

The man said he informed the landlord he would be moving out of the house.

DISPUTE: On Dec. 31, Deputy Daryl Howington was dispatched to a location in Jefferson, where a 19-year-old Athens woman explained she was visiting her boyfriend when he began arguing because she had given her telephone number to another man on Facebook.

The 20-year-old boyfriend took her phone and threw it across the yard. She then left the house to file a report with law enforcement because the phone was damaged.

DOG ATTACK: On Dec. 31, a 70-year-old Jefferson woman reported that her Chihuahua was attacked the previous day by a German shepherd.

The woman showed the deputy a veterinary bill for $2,383 and two other bills totalling $350 for treatment of her dog.

The owner of the German shepherd told animal control that the attack was instigated by the Chihuahua.

SHOTGUN MISSING: On Jan. 2, a 31-year-old Nicholson man said he had been out of town and returned to find that his girlfriend had moved out and took several of his things. The man said he is mostly concerned about the shotgun she took. He thinks she moved to Barrow County.

THREAT: On Jan. 2, a 31-year-old resident of Fuller Road, Athens, reported she took her dog for a walk in the field behind her home when a nearby resident approached her and said he was getting tired of her dog coming into his yard.

She told him that she didn’t complain when his dog came into her yard, which prompted him to cuss her out. The man then left, but warned her if the dog came back in his yard he was going to burn her house down.